Supply and Demand
Elasticity
Vocabulary
Trade
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100

Suppose that video games are a normal good. If the income of video game players increases, you predict that in the market for video games _________

Both equilibrium price and quantity will increase.

100

Suppose the value of the price elasticity of demand is -3. What does this mean?

A 1 percent increase in the price of the good causes quantity demanded todecrease by 3 percent.

100

What does Ceteris Paribus stand for?

All else equal

100

he production possibilities frontier model shows that __________

If all resources are fully and efficiently utilized, more of one good can be produced only by producing less of another good

100

Who is the quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles?

Jalen Hurts

200

If the market for tires is unregulated and is presently characterized by a surplus, you can accurately predict that price will _______

Decrease, the quantity demanded will rise, and the quantity supplied will fall.

200

Price and total revenue move in inverse directions when demand is __________

Price elastic

200

Economics is the study of what?

Unlimited wants for limited resources

200

Suppose the United States has a comparative advantage in the production of wheat,
and Haiti has a comparative advantage in the production of sugar. If both countries
specialize based on the theory of comparative advantage, ___________

The production and consumption of both goods will increase

200

How many eyes does a bee have?

5

300

A movement along the demand curve for toothpaste would be caused by ________

A change in the price of toothpaste.

300

If the price elasticity of supply is 0.4, a 10 percent increase in price will cause a:

4 percent increase in quantity supplied

300

If Eileen wasn't teaching you right now, she would be creating art. The value Eileen places on creating art represents her ________ of teaching SI.

Opportunity cost

300

A production possibilities curve is plotted for a nation producing mangos and avocados. Which of the following will cause a parallel rightward shift of the
production possibilities curve?

The invention of a new fertilizer that increases the production of both mangos and avocados by 20 percent

300

Which breed of dog was featured in my weekly email to you?

Rough collie

400

If the market for tires is competitive and currently has a surplus, you can accurately predict that price will _________

Decrease, the quantity demanded will rise, and the quantity supplied will fall.

400

As the price of beach front cottages in Florida rises from $400,000 to $500,000, their quantity supplied increased from 2000 to 3000. What is the elasticity of supplyof beach front cottages?

Es= 1.82

400

________ marginal opportunity cost implies that the more resources already devoted to any activity, the payoff from allocating yet more resources to that activity increases by progressively smaller amounts.

Decreasing

400

Suppose it takes Omar 10 minutes to make a sandwich and 30 minutes to make a smoothie, and it takes Jing 12 minutes to make a sandwich and 24 minutes to make a smoothie. Who should specialize in what?

Omar should specialize in sandwiches, and Jing should specialize in smoothies.

400

How old must one be to obtain a Hot Air Balloon Operator's license?

Only 14. #scary

500

The "law of demand" implies that ________

As prices fall, quantity demanded increases.

500

On a linear demand curve, demand is ________ at small quantities than it is at themiddle of the demand curve.

More elastic

500

The property whereby long-run Average Total Cost rises as the quantity of output increases

Diseconomies of scale

500

Henry can produce either a combination of 60 silk roses and 80 silk leaves or a combination of 70 silk roses and 55 silk leaves. If he now produces 60 silk roses and 80 silk leaves, what is the opportunity cost of producing an additional 10 silk roses?

25 silk leaves

500

When is harvest season for olives to be used in olive oil in Italy?

September through November